Body and truck bolster.



' PATBNTBD JULY s, 1906.

E. I. nouns. BODY AND TRUGK BOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. 1905.

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PATENTED JULY s, 1906.

E. I. nouns. BODY AND TRUCK BOLSTER.

I APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

E. I. DODDS. BODY AND TRUCK BOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. 1905.

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l`rimini) STATES PATEN'rMoFFion.-

ETI-IAN I.'DODDS, OF PULLMAN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE PULLMAN COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BODY AND TRUCK BOLSTER.

No. 825,032. Specification of Letters Patent. A Patented July 3, 1906.

Application iiled August 23, 1905. Serial No. 275,383.

To all whom it may concern: form the bottom of the bolster when bent to 5 5 B e it known that I, ETHAN I. DoDDs, a citishape. The sides 18 are then folded up on zen of the United States, residing at Pullman, the parallel lines 19, joining the points 13, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, until they are at right angles with the central 5 have invented certain new and useful Importion of the bottom 20. The central strip rovements in Body and Truck Bolsters, of of the plate is then bent on the lines 21 to 6o which the following is a specification. form the inclined portions of the bottom 22 My present invention pertains to metallic and is also bent on the lines 23 to form the body and truck bolsters for cars and inhorizontal portions of the bottom 24, anges 1o volves angle-bars riveted to the sides of the 16 extending between and overlapping the bolsters to which the top plate is fastened. lower edges of the sides 18, to which they are 65- By varying the position and size of such anriveted. The main portion of the truck-bok. y gle-bars I am enabled to chan e the depth of ster is constructed similarly from the blank' the sides of the bolster and t e strength of shown in Fig. 6. After the body-bolster has r 5 the same. y been bent to shape angle-bars 25 are riveted This invention relates more particularly to to the sides adjacent to. their upper ed es 70 the use of such angle-bars in bolsters having with the fianges of the an le-bars exten ed i their sides integral with the bottom plate at outwardly, as shown in ig. 3. To these its central portion, the bottom being proanges I rivet a top tension-plate 26. I prozo vided with integral upturned flan ves for the vide dish-shaped members 27 to space apart remainder of its length to whic 1 the side the sides of the bolster and atthe same time 75 plates are fastened. join them together, the members being fas- 1 .a In the accompanying drawings, wherein tened to the sides by rivets,which pass also like reference characters refer to like parts through flanges 16 and angle-bars 25. After 25 throughout, I have illustrated the preferred the main portion of the truck-bolster has embo iment of my invention. been bent'to shape, .as described above, I 80 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the truckrivet adj acentto its upper edges angle-bars bolster embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a 25', which are similar to the angle-bars 25 of central longitudinal vertical section of the the body-bolster; but in the truck-bolster 3o cooperating body and truck bolsters, each they extend over only a portion of the length embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is an enof the bolster, whereas in the body-bolster 85 larged end view of the two bolsters shown in they extend substantially the full length of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section on the structure. To the angle-bars 25 I rivet a the line 4 4 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction top compression plate 26. Dish shaped 5 of the arrows. Fior. 5 shows the blank from members 27areprovidedforthe truck-bolster which the body-bolster is made, and Fig. 6 is and perform the same function therefor that 9o a similar blank from which the truck-bolster the members 27 do for the body-bolster. The 1s constructed. rivets which hold the members 27 in place Referring first to Fig. 5, the method of ass through the anges 16 ,the sides of the 4o manufacturing the body-bolster will be set olster 18', and the side guide-plates 28.

forth in detail, and it will be evident from this It will be apparent that by using blanks, 95 description how the truck-bolster is made as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, of a standard size from the blank shown in Fig. 6, since the op- I may vary the strength and sizeof the finerations are in all respects similar. A recished bolster by" employing larger or smaller 45 tangular sheet of metal 10 is sheared at each angle-bars at the top edges or b allowing end with two bent cuts on the lines 11 12 13. the angle-bars to extend more or less above 100 The sheet is then cut at each end on two parthe upper edges of the side plates. allel lines 14 15, thereby removin from the It will be understood that the details of sheet the tapered pieces of metal, caving reconstruction may be somewhat modified 5o cesses of the shape shown in Figt.) 5. .In order without departing from the spirit of the into iprovide means to unite the ottoni of the vention, and accordingly I do not limit my- I05 bo ster with the sides, I bend up four anges self to the exact details shown and described, 16 on the lines 17, the flanges bein integral except to the extent that they are made the with the central strip of the plate w 'ch is to subject-matter of specific claims.

This atent is intended to embrace only so much oiJthe disclosure made herein as is covered by the claims.

WI claim- 1. A car-bolster having side plates, a bottom plate integral With said side plates for a portion of its length, said bottom late also aving flanges riveted to said side ates, and an angle-bar riveted to each o said side plates adjacent to its upper edge, substan' tially as described.

2. A car-bolster having side lates, a bottom plate inte al with said side plates for a portion of its ength, said bottom plate also aving flanges riveted to said side plates, an angle-bar riveted to each ofA said side plates adjacent to its upper edge, and a to late riveted to said angle-bars, substantial y as described.

3. A car-bolster having side plates, a bottom plate integral with said side plates for a plortion of its length, said bottom plate also aving integral flanges riveted to said side plates, and an an le-bar riveted to each of said side lates a jacent to its upper edge, substantia ly as described.

4. A car-bolster having side plates, a bottom plate integral with said side plates for a ortion of its en th, said bottom plate also aving integral anges riveted to'said side plates, an angle-bar riveted to each of said side plates adjacent toits upper edge, and a top plate riveted to said angle-bars, substantially as described.

5. A car-bolster having side plates, a bottom plate integral with said side plates for a portion of its length, said bottom late also aving flanges riveted to said side p ates, and an angle-bar With an outwardly-extended flange riveted to each of said side plates adj acent to its upper edge, substantially as described.

6. A car-bolster having side lates, a bottom plate integral With said si e plates for a portion of its length, said bottom plate also aving flan es riveted to said side lates, an angle-bar with an outwardly-exten ed flange riveted to each of said side plates adjacent to its upper edge, and a top plate riveted to said outwardly-extended flanges of said angle- 5o bars, substantially as described.

7. A car-bolster having side lates, a bottom plate integral with said si e plates for a portion of its length, said bottom plate also aving integral flanges riveted to said side plates, and an angle-bar with an outwardlyextended flange riveted to each of said side plates adjacent to its upper edge, substantially as described.

8. A car-bolster having side plates, a bottom plate integral with said side plates for a portion of its length, said bottom plate also having integral flanges riveted to said side plates, an angle-bar with an outwardly-extended lange riveted to each of said side plates adjacent to its upper edge, and a top plate riveted to the outwardlyextended flanges of said angle-bars, substantially as described.

9. A car-bolster having bellied side plates, a bottom plate integral with said side plates for a portion of its length, said bottom plate also having integral flanges overlapping and riveted to said side plates, and an angle-bar with an outwardly-extended flange riveted to each of said side plates, substantially as described.

10. A car-bolster having bellied side plates, a bottom plate integral With said side plates for a portion of its length, said bottom plate also having integral flanges overlapping and riveted to said side plates, and an A angle-bar Witli an outwardly-extended flange riveted to the outer side of each side plate adjacent to its upper edge, and a top plate riveted to the outwardly-extended flanges of said angle-bars, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two Witnesses. Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 1905.

ETHAN I. DODDS.

Witnesses:

WALTER M. FULLER, FREDERICK C. GOODWIN. 

